In vivo and in vitro Regulation of Pituitary Transcription Factor-1 (Pit-1) by Changes in the Hormone Environment

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-15

  González Parra, Silvia ^a   Chowen, Julie A ^b   Garcia Segura, Miguel ^b   Argente, Jesús ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Gonadal steroids; Growth hormone; Growth hormone releasing hormone; Pit 1; Prolactin; Somatostatin; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0030042080     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126930     Document Type: Article

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